Improvement in drawing or roving cans



0. 0. BECK. Drawing or Roving Can. No. 221,500. Patented Nov. 11, 1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES O. B'EOK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRAWING OR ROVING CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,500, dated November11, 1879; application filed April 14, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES 0. 131301;, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Drawing or Boving Cans, for use in the manufacture ofyarns, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a light, strong, and durableroving-can, which shall better withstand the rough usage incidentthereto when in use, and when partially worn out certain parts may beeasily renewed or substituted without much trouble or expense, therebyrendering the same as good as new; and it consists in providing askeletonframe of metal and-covering the same externally and'internallywith paper or other desired material, so as to form the upright sides orbody of the can, the bottom and hoop being connected thereto byscrew-bolts or 0therwise, the wholebeing constructed as hereinafter morefully described and set forth.

Figure l is a perspective view of my invention, a portion of the papercovering being broken away to show. the interior metallicskeleton-frame. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same.

A represents the bottom of the can, formed of sheet metal andattached toan iron hoop, B, as usual. This hoop B is provided with holes,through'bwhich small screw-bolts are passed, and alsothroughcorresponding holes formed through the sheet-metal cylindric portion Oof the body of the can, to which a.series of diagonal sheet-metalstrips, E, are secured at their lower ends by means of soldering,riveting, or otherwise, their upper ends being secured in like manner tothe metal ring or hoop D. These sheet-metal strips E may be arrangeddiagonally, crossing each other, as shown in Fig. l; or a series ofvertical strips maybe applied in a similar man- Then horizontal rings,bands, or hoops may be arranged fat intervals, crossing the said stripsat right angles, and secured thereto in any suitable manner, so as toform a sheet-metal skeleton, as before.

The sheet-metal frame or skeleton thus constructed I cover externallywith paper, H, by rolling or winding several layers around the same,which, being pasted or glued previous to application, unite together, soas to form a light and rigid cylinder or body of the can, the paperextending above the ring or hoop D, as shown. I then line the interiorwith paper, L, allowing it to extend upward above the ring or hoop thesame height as the external paper covering, being pasted or securedtherein in such manner as desired. These two papers H andLmaybe unitedtogether above the hoop D by paste or otherwise; and their upper edges,forming the mouth of the can, I provide with aflexible band or ring ofrubber, T, which is provided with an annular groove or channel, toreceive the edges of the papers H L, which may be secured therein bypaste, glue, or otherwise, so as to form a flexible mouth or top of thecan, which will retainits cylindric shapeif jammed or pressed inwardlyby accident, and will spring or return to its former position, andprevent the paper mouth of the can from being injured.

The lower portion of this class of cans, being subjected to rougherusage, I form about one foot iii-height of sheet metal, from the bottomup, as shown, and indicated by the letter O; then connect thereto alight skeleton-frame, of any suitable material, which may be coveredexternally and internally, so as to form a light, strong, and durablecan.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The improvedroving-can as constructed, consisting of the skeleton-frame E G D,provided with the external covering, H, and internal covering or lining,L, and having the flexible mouth guard or band T, substantially in themanner described, as and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES O. BECK.

Witnesses SYLvENUs WALKER, W. R. MARBLE.

